Alright, unfortunately, I can't elongate this books plot. So, this is the second to last chapter till book 3. Also, I'd like to thank the few readers that point out the mistakes that this computer cannot seem to find; it's because of you that the book is in perfect condition without mistakes. Now, let's get on with the final two chapters of book 2.

Chapter 8: The Attack

It has been three days since we attempted to retrieve data from the Katina Outpost. As one would guess, we hadn't had a single lead on where Wolf was exactly. All we knew was that he was hiding his army in the Meteo Asteroid Field. We couldn't conduct searches because we were only 5 pilots; a search would most likely be months long. Our only option was to find more intel on the exact location of Wolf's army.

I walked in medical bay and greeted MAM, "So, MAM, it's been three days now. Has the foam finished its course?"

The medical bot walked over to a machine, "We shall find out soon. Please lay down so I can scan your body."

I walked over to the table and lied down on the hard surface. At the same time, MAM moved the machine over my body and pressed a few buttons.

"Please hold still so the scanner can get an accurate reading." MAM said in his monotone voice.

Suddenly the machine started to make a soft noise. At this, MAM moved the machine over my body slowly; just as he did the first time.

He finished the scan and looked at the computer screen, "It looks like the foam has finished the healing process. I will get the tools for extraction."

I stayed on the table for a few more minutes until MAM came back with a cart that had a few tools on it. One was a needle, one was a surgical knife, and the final tool was a swab and bandage.

MAM picked up the needle, "Before I remove the foam, I must numb your entire upper body. This shot contains a solution that will render your upper body useless. In other words, you will not feel the procedure."

MAM then slowly injected the substance into my abdomen. At the same time, I slowly lost all feeling in my upper body. It was like he killed every nerve from my waist to my neck.

He then grabbed the surgical knife, "Tell me if you can feel this." He then started to poke my body in various areas; around my chest and my stomach area.

"I can't feel anything." I said.

"Good, I can start the procedure now." MAM said as he grabbed the surgical knife from the table. "You may want to look away for this part."

All I saw was his mechanical arm move slightly towards my chest. I assumed that he made an insertion in an area where he could obtain both bits of the foam. After he moved the bloody knife back onto the table, he grabbed the needle and moved it close to my body. I wasn't looking down at my body; I was only looking at MAM.

When he moved the needle away and into my field of view, I saw a dark yellow substance occupying the tube connected to the needle. It must have been the biofoam. MAM put the needle on the table and grabbed a piece of thread with a new smaller needle.

"I will now sew the wound back to normal. After that, I will use a special method to immediately restore the skin." MAM said.

I was amazed at how advanced the medical technology was. I was healed from a broken rib and a cracked femur in only three days. Not only that, but my skin wouldn't have any imperfections; like a scar.

It took MAM only a minute to sew the skin together. Because of his steady robotic arm, he had pinpoint accuracy. After he finished sewing, he grabbed another tool that I didn't see on the table before. It looked like something out of a science fiction movie. The tool was long and thin and had a glowing blue tip.

MAM then pressed a button on the tool, "This device that I am holding contains nano technology. It will release a jelly like substance onto your skin. The liquid itself is comprised of millions of nano mites. They act as cells and will quickly reproduce your skin, leaving no scar or imperfection."

I was absolutely amazed at what MAM said. I only heard of nano tech in video games. The way I understood it was that it acted as 'health'; almost like the tech was a life source that could heal anything that was imperfect in the body.

MAM pressed another button on the device; this caused the tip to glow even more. Suddenly, a glowing jelly started to ooze slowly out of the tip. When it touched my skin, it felt very cold and even stung a little.

"Argh, that stings." I said.

MAM seemed unaffected by my sudden grunt, "Good, the medication is wearing off. It may be another minute or two until you can stand again."

The stinging continued for only a few seconds. Once it stopped stinging, I looked down and noticed that the gel was gone. It had fused with my skin; just as MAM said it would.

Once the minute passed, I regained all feeling in my body. At the same time, Fox called my communicator.

"Kevin here" I said as I answered.

Fox immediately spoke back, "Hey Kevin, head to the bridge. Slippy and I have something to tell you."

I was shocked at how fast he responded, "Um, okay, I'm on my way."

Because of the urgency in Fox's voice, I ran to the elevator and took it up to the bridge. It didn't take long for me to reach the bridge; only about a minute.

The door opened, which caused Fox to look back at it, "Kevin, quickly come look at this. I think you're gonna like it."

I ran over to where Slippy and Fox were. They were looking at the large screen at the front of the bridge. On it was an image of a building. I was wondering if this is what I was supposed to see.

They both looked at me, waiting for a response.

"Okay you got me, what am I looking at?" I asked.

Slippy spoke up, "This is an image of the building that could possibly contain more info about Wolf's army. I was able to hack into the transport we stool and got both the coordinates and a rendition of the building."

My mouth dropped, "So, if we raid this building, we can locate Wolf's army AND find out why he has Earth's location?"

Fox smiled, "Exactly; we can finally stop Wolf from raging another war."

I was quite impressed at the size of the building. I was about five stories high with a large barbed wire fence surrounding the perimeter. It even had several turrets. It looked almost impenetrable from the outside.

"Okay, how do we get in? I'm sure this base is extremely protected. Maybe by another damn bioweapon." I said.

Fox then corrected me, "Actually, this base is not protected as much as any of the bases we attacked. Wolf doesn't know that we have its location, so he thinks we've given up completely."

I liked what I was hearing, "So the raid is going to be a piece of cake."

"Definitely" Slippy said.

"We are already on a course to Macbeth. The base is located in a barren part of planet; far from any civilization." Fox continued.

I looked over at ROB, "Hey ROB, what's the ETA for Macbeth?"

"Twenty minutes until arrival. I suggest you all get ready for launch." ROB told the three of us.

Fox then looked back at me, "Let's head out. We have to be ready for launch by the time we near the planet. We'll be undetected if we use only the Arwings. Using the Great Fox for an attack would be risky."

"Alright, let's go." I said before I ran back to the elevator. Fox and Slippy were right behind me.

We all took the elevator down to the living quarters.

On the way down, Fox contacted Falco and Krystal, "Falco, Krystal, be ready for launch in ten minutes. I'll brief you in the hangar."

"We're on it." Falco replied.

"I'll see you there." Krystal said.

Fox cut the transmission when the elevator reached the appropriate level. When the elevator doors opened, the three of us all ran to our rooms to get ready.

When I reached my room, I quickly changed into my armor. Since I was going to head into the building with Fox, I needed my armor. After I changed, I headed down to the hangar. I found Fox equipping himself with a standard D-40 pistol and some extra cells.

I ran over to the armory room as well. I grabbed a D-50 rifle and a D-40 pistol. I also grabbed several cells and stored them in my armor. Since I was shot down, Beltino had Space Dynamics build another Arwing, but they also upgraded my armor. The suit was slightly thicker and lighter. Because of the added thickness, the holster for pistols, ammo, and grenades were hidden. If I needed my pistol, then the holster would extend out like a transformer. If I needed ammo, then two front pouches would extend in a similar manner. Grenades were stored on the back; if I needed one, then a small hatch on the back of my waist would open. The rifle just attached to my back by a magnet.

After I equipped myself, I noticed that Falco, Slippy, and Krystal had arrived and finished as well. I guess I was more concentrated on getting my equipment than looking around me.

We all ran to our Arwings and immediately started to start up the basic systems. I activated the shields, G-Diffuser, communications, stabilizers, and engine.

Fox spoke over the communication line, "All comm lines are green."

ROB came back over the comm, "Releasing lift lock… activating launch sequence. Ready to launch when you are, Fox."

There was a brief pause of silence.

"Launch the ships!" Fox said.

All five ships were then launched out into space. I was caught off guard when the Arwing started to spin at a rapid rate, but I quickly remembered that it was to release the wings. Eventually, I had full control over the Arwing and was ready to fight.

"So, um, what's the plan? We go in guns blazing?" Falco asked.

"No, Kevin and I will head down to the building and get the intelligence. I want you, Krystal, and Slippy to get rid of any fighters guarding the base. Once you finish them off, head down and catch up to me and Kevin. I'm sure we'll need everyone for this one." Fox said.

Slippy started to get nervous, "So, we're going down on foot?"

Slippy wasn't used to ground combat. I didn't even think he would be any good.

"Yes, Slip, don't worry; it's just like Sargasso back during the Aparoid invasion." Falco said.

Fox then started to speed up, "Okay, everyone, follow me. I have the location of the base on my radar. Stick close just in case we get attacked."

I pushed the throttle forward and quickly accelerated like the rest of the team. We were quickly approaching the planet. It was dark grey with blue spots spread out everywhere. I remembered that the planet is mostly rocky in some areas.

"Where is the base exactly?" I asked.

"It's located in a large valley. Because of its location, it's hidden from our satellites. But thanks to the ship we stole, we have its precise spot." Fox said with a grin on his face.

We soon got close enough to the planet that we could be detected.

"Adjust the G-Diffusers; we're about to enter the atmosphere." Fox said.

I pushed several buttons and entered a few commands. My G-Diffusers were ready to diffuse planetary gravitational pull.

Fox had leaded us to a large valley. In only a few minutes, we saw the base hidden in-between two large mountains. The building seemed larger than it did in the picture we saw. It looked like it could have several more stories than it already had.

As we neared the base, several of the turrets came up and immediately opened fire at us.

"Whoa, looks like they know it's us." I said as I quickly dodged a bolt of energy.

"Wow, they have a horrible shot." Falco said.

Fox spoke up in a serious tone, "Cover Kevin and I while we land. Kevin, we'll land over there on that landing pad. It doesn't look too hot to land."

I looked slightly to the right and saw a landing pad near the top of the building. It was extended out about a few meters.

Immediately, Krystal, Falco, and Slippy split up to distract the turrets. Fox and I, on the other hand, went around the building and landed on the large landing pad.

As soon as our Arwings were sent to hover, a door leading into the building opened and revealed an incredible amount of soldiers. Fox and I quickly exited our crafts and pulled out our weapons.

The soldiers started to fire at us when we hit the ground, but at the same time, we started to fire back. I pulled out my D-50 rifle and started to mow down the first row of soldiers; while Fox pulled out his pistol and took out the ones I missed.

It only took Fox and me a minute to finish off the troops blocking our way. Once we replenished our weapons, we both took off towards the entrance.

"Hey, Fox, looks like they have ships taking off from some kind of tunnel." Falco said over the comm.

Krystal then spoke up, "It doesn't matter, just start shooting them down before they get to Fox and Kevin."

"Why not hit the bunker with a Smart Bomb? It'll most likely level the tunnel." I said.

Slippy spoke up, "That's a great idea. The explosion and shock wave would most likely cause the earth to buckle and collapse."

"Alright, I'll hit the bunker with a Smart Bomb." Falco said.

I couldn't see anything from inside the base, but both Fox and I could feel the shockwave from the explosion.

"How the hell are we going to find the database?" I asked with frustration in my voice.

Fox started to look around, "I'm more concerned about why there isn't anyone here."

I looked around as well. I didn't see anyone; not even at the front desk.

"Maybe they evacuated?" I proclaimed.

Fox then looked at an open door, "Over there, you think someone's in that room?"

"It's worth a shot." I replied.

I followed after Fox down the hall with my gun pointed at the door. As we approached the door, we heard noises coming from the other side of it.

"Get ready" Fox warned me.

I put my finger on the trigger and prepared to fire if it was an enemy soldier. Fox slowly opened the door; we were both surprised to find that there was only boxes scattered everywhere.

"Check behind some, maybe a worker is hiding." I said.

I then placed my rifle onto my back. It was held there by a powerful magnet.

I reached down to my side; this triggered the armor to extend the pistol holster. I grabbed my pistol and started to move boxes around. I was startled when Fox yelled.

"I found one!" He said.

I walked over to where he was. He had a worker by its arms.

"Let go of me you bastard!" The worker yelled.

It seemed to be a male ape. He had dark brown fur and was flailing around vigorously.

I pointed the pistol at the apes chest, "Calm down before I put a bullet in you." I demanded.

The ape immediately stopped moving, "Please don't kill me! I'll tell you anything you want!"

I moved the pistol back from the ape's chest, "Where is the database?"

The ape quickly responded, "It's on sub-level 1, room A-2. It has all the files regarding Wolf's army, if that's what you're looking for."

Fox released the worker, who quickly scurried to the opposite side of the room.

"Let's get going" I said before I ran out of the room. "What floor are we on anyway?"

Fox looked at a sign on a nearby wall.

"It seems like we're on floor 3." Fox replied.

Fox and I headed for an elevator. It was locked by a special key card system.

"Damn, I don't have a key. And I'm sure that worker is gone by now." I said.

Fox suddenly got an idea, "Don't you have some grenades?"

I was puzzled at what he said, "Yeah, I brought them in case of an emergency."

"Well this is pretty bad. Put one in front elevator door. We can blow a hole through it and climb down the elevator shaft." Fox explained.

I placed a grenade in front of the elevator door and activated it. After I pressed the button, I ran around the corner that Fox had gone. In only a few seconds, we both heard a deafening explosion.

I poked my head around the corner and saw a large hole where the elevator door had been. The grenade had done its job perfectly.

Krystal's voice suddenly came over the comm line, "Fox, we're done with the fighters out here. We are landing right now and heading in the building."

Fox seemed surprised at how fast they finished, "Wow that was fast. We just found out where the database is."

Falco suddenly spoke up, "Wow you guys are slow."

I tried to help Fox out, "Okay, you try and take out almost a hundred troops that are blocking your way."

Falco stood quiet for a bit.

"We've just landed and heading in right now." Krystal said as she broke the silence.

I looked back at the door we entered through and saw several Arwings landing outside. We really didn't get far at all, but it only would help us later on.

In only a minute, the rest of the team joined Fox and I at the hole in the elevator.

"You mind telling me why we can't just take the elevator?" Falco asked.

"As you can see by this panel, it only works with a key card." I said. "Do you happen to have one on you?" I asked sarcastically.

"Very funny" Falco said as he laughed a fake laugh.

"Alright, that's enough. The worker said that the database was on sub-level 1, room A-2." Fox said.

"How many levels are there?" Krystal asked.

Slippy then spoke up, "The building is 5 levels above ground and only one level underground. I ran a final scan just to make sure the map we obtained was accurate."

"Damn, this is just too easy!" Falco said as he chuckled.

The five of us then started to move into the shaft one at a time. All of our armor suits had special gloves that could be used for scaling metal surfaces. Thankfully, the elevator shaft was made of metals that the suit could magnetize to.

"Here, I'll go first and get through the door down there." I said.

"Better hurry before someone decides to use the elevator." Falco said jokingly.

"I'm not going down here myself. All of you are gonna stick to the wall just above the door, that way when the grenade detonates, we can safely jump down and take out any guards." I said back.

"Great idea, but I have some wall charges instead. A grenade would actually hit us if we were above it." Slippy said.

"Well, that just makes the plan more full proof." I said before I activated the magnet gloves.

I slowly put my hand on the wall and dropped down from the edge. Fortunately, the glove magnets were strong enough to hold the sudden jerk of weight. I then started to climb down slowly, just to make sure the gloves don't glitch.

After I reached the bottom, I signaled for the rest of the team to start their descent. Once they were all descending, I planted the charges on the wall and started to climb up towards the rest of the team.

"You all ready?" I asked.

They nodded their heads. After they did that, I held up the detonator and pressed the button.

"See you down there." I said as I grabbed my rifle and released from the wall.

I hit the ground with enough force to cause me to roll. But I quickly used the roll to my advantage and took cover behind a nearby column. At the same time, every guard that was in the wide hallway was firing at both the column and the elevator door that was now gone.

"Come on down guys. It's a little hectic, but hey, it's a firefight." I yelled.

Falco was the first to yell back from the shaft, "I don't think you noticed, but, they're hammering the entrance with lasers!"

"You'd think that with all of this technology you would have a flashbang or concussion grenade." I yelled.

"What the hell is a concussion grenade?" Fox yelled.

I was astonished to hear that they didn't have flashbangs or concussion grenades. Their weapons were highly powerful, yet they didn't have a damn flashbang!

"Kevin, do you mean this?" Slippy yelled as he threw down a small grenade.

It was sitting at the entrance of the shaft, "Um, I can't get that!"

The enemy troops were still firing upon us. I was wondering when they were going to run out of bullets.

Since whatever Slippy threw down was the only way they could get down, I had to take a risk. I held up my rifle and quickly ran into the elevator shaft while firing at the troops. The shaft was slightly bigger than the door, so I had cover behind a corner wall inside the shaft.

I looked up at the team, who were also looking at me.

"What did you throw down, Slippy?" I asked as I picked up the grenade looking object.

"It's called a Nausea grenade. When it explodes, it generates a loud bang and a bright light that blinds whoever looks at it." He explained.

"That's exactly what a flashbang is!" I yelled.

I pulled the pin and threw the 'nausea grenade' down the hall. The laser fire stopped after I heard a yell.

"GRENADE!" one of the soldiers said.

I looked up at everyone, "Quick, get down before they start firing again."

The team quickly dropped down and began firing at the enemy troops. Falco had a D-50 rifle, Fox and Slippy had their D-40 pistols, and Krystal had an odd gun that I had not seen before.

I was shooting every troop that was on the ground from the grenade. It took us less than a minute to finish off the soldiers that were in the hall. After we turned the corner, I noticed that we could have some company from the elevator shaft.

"Wait, I'm pretty sure that reinforcements are going to storm the elevator shaft. I'll go on ahead; you guys cover me while I find that room." I said.

"You're not going alone. There are soldiers everywhere in these halls." Fox said.

Krystal spoke up, "I'll go with him."

"Great, we'll cover you." Falco yelled from beyond the corner we passed.

Fox then looked at me, "Remember, room A-2."

"Got it" I replied before Krystal and I took off down the long hallway.

"Where is A-2?" Krystal asked.

I was looking at the signs, "Looks like it's just around this corner."

We turned and started to run down another hallway. I didn't notice that I ran right past the room. Krystal, on the other hand, did catch it.

"Kevin" She yelled.

I looked back and saw here standing next to a door that said 'Room A-2, Main Office".

"Oops" I said before I kicked down the door.

As soon as the door hit the ground, every worker and guard that was in the room turned towards us.

Krystal and I raised our weapons and took down every guard before they had a chance to shoot back, "Nobody move, or we'll shoot every one of you!" I yelled.

I then heard a small voice in my head, it was Krystal.

"Are you okay? Why are you acting so strange?" she said.

The scientist were looking at us, "I'm trying to scare the shit out of them so they don't try anything stupid." I thought to her.

Both of us then started to move into the room. I specifically went towards a worker that was looking right at me. When I got half way to him, I attached my rifle to my back and pulled out my pistol. When I reached the guard, I pointed the pistol at his head.

They all seemed pretty frightened. This was good because they would most likely do what I told them to.

I looked down at the worker that I had threatened, "I want you to get every file you have on Wolf's army out NOW!"

The ape immediately started to search the computer. In only a minute, he had every file we needed in a larger file. Krystal walked over and handed him a skinny, small blue rectangle.

"Fill this with those files." She said. She then walked out of the room.

The ape then inserted the device into a small slot on his keyboard. It must have been some sort of USB device. Once the device loaded, he copied every file onto the device and handed it back to me.

I opened the ammo compartment on my armor and placed the USB inside of it, "Thanks" I said.

I walked out of the room and joined Krystal in the hall.

Krystal let out a sigh, "Let's get back to the others. I'm sure they are having fun with some enemies."

I looked down at my communicator; it was showing a 'no signal' message, "Looks liked the communication lines don't work down here. We better hurry back to them."

Krystal and I took off in the direction we came from. I was sure that they were dealing with some reinforcements.

When we reached the others, they were hiding behind cover and firing down the way that leads to the elevator. Obviously there were enemies moving down from the surface.

"How long have you been firing?" I asked.

Fox looked annoyed, "About the same amount of time you two were gone. Did you get anything?"

I opened the ammo compartment and held up the USB type device, "Whatever this thing is it has every file regarding Wolf's army."

"Amazing, can we go now?" Falco yelled from his cover.

"Sure thing" I said before I grabbed a grenade.

I pressed the timer button and threw the grenade down the hall and into the shaft. It detonated without any of the soldiers noticing. Now the shaft was covered in the remnants of what used to be the enemy soldiers.

"Now we can go." I said.

"Damn, Kevin, you're on a roll." Slippy said.

I looked at Slippy, "I'm only like this because my home may be threatened by this bastard."

I ran down the hall and walked into the elevator shaft. Once I entered, I activated the magnet gloves and started to climb back up to level 3. Once I was halfway up, I looked down and saw the rest of the team behind me.

I hoisted myself up and out of the shaft. Once I stood up, I looked back and helped the rest of the team up. Once we we're all out of the elevator, we headed for the door.

"Slippy, when we get back, I want you to start going through the files. We need to know where Wolf's damn army is." Fox said as we were all running.

When we exited the building, Krystal stopped dead in her tracks, "STOP!" she yelled.

The rest of us practically skid to a stop. We looked back at Krystal whose eyes were wide. We were all curious as to why she stopped us.

"Krystal, what's wrong?" Fox asked.

There was a moment of silence. It was quickly broken when we heard a defend boom.

"QUICK, get to the Arwings!" She yelled.

"What the hell? What's going on?" Falco asked.

Fox suddenly yelled as well, "Oh shit, RUN!"

Slippy, Falco, and I were all confused, but nonetheless, we broke into a full sprint towards our Arwings. Just as we reached our ships, a large, even louder explosion shook the entire structure.

Slippy yelled, "What was that?!"

"Who cares, I don't want to stick around long enough to find out." I replied.

We all started our systems. To my utter demise, my engines were not responding. The rest of the team took off and headed towards Great Fox while I stayed behind trying to get my engines to respond.

"GOD DAMNIT! Why now?!" I yelled in frustration.

"What's wrong?" Fox asked.

I was fumbling through the systems, trying desperately to get the engines to work.

"My engines aren't responding; something's blocking them!" I said.

Just then, another violent shockwave shook the structure. Soon, the building was starting to collapse.

"Holy SHIT!" I yelled, "They're destroying the complex!"

"What? Wolf knows we're here?" Falco asked.

"Get out of there Kevin!" Fox yelled.

I became incredibly frustrated, "I'm trying."

Suddenly, several more bombs went off; this time, they were located in the landing pad. Each bomb went off in succession of the other.

"Oh no" I said to myself.

A bomb detonated right under me. This sent me flying off of the landing pad and falling towards the ground. Without the G-Diffusers, I was tumbling around inside of the Arwing. I was quickly able to strap myself down. After this, I used a special override code that Slippy gave me. It allowed me to take complete control over the Arwing.

I used the code to activate the engines. Once they fired, I took off towards the sky, but at the same time I was trying not to be hit by the falling debris from the collapsing building.

I easily avoided the chunks of building and took off towards the Great Fox.

A hologram of Fox then appeared on my HUD.

"Kevin, are you alright?" Fox asked.

I sighed in relief, "I'm fine, but I can't say the same for my Arwing. The computer kept them from firing the engine due to some blockage. I used an override code to activate the engines; however, they were damaged once I did so."

"I told you that it would come in handy. Can you make it back?" Slippy asked.

I sighed, "I think so; you might want to figure out what was blocking the engine though."

"I'll get right to it once I finish gathering the data from the memory drive." Slippy replied.

"Great; I can't wait to finally find that bastard." I said as I pushed the throttle to medium power.

Fox then spoke, "We'll be waiting on the bridge, Fox out."

Fox and Slippy's hologram then dissipated into my HUD.

To Be Continued…

Alright, we're almost to the end of book 2! Soon, we'll start the crazy book 3 (It's gonna have one killer storyline, I hope.)

If you have any comments as to how you thought this book went, PLEASE tell me. I'll use your comments to correct any mistakes in book 3 (I want it to be a perfect ending).

I also want to thank all the readers that have stuck with me throughout the book. I really appreciate you all; without you, I wouldn't have been doing the thing I love.

Also, to those that are anonymous readers, keep an eye out for the final chapter. It may be up in less than a week or so. (I've been busy with classes)

Until next time…